Guiding Questions Round One Textbook A 1. What type of document is this? 2. When was it written? 3. How long does this textbook suggest the "Dark Ages" lasted? 4. Why, according to this textbook, were the "early Middle Ages" a "Dark Age"? 5. What is similar and different about this account and the American Cyclopaedia entry

Clarification:

I found the document online.

1.  This document is a secondary source.

2. It was written in 1954.

3. According to this textbook the "Dark Ages" lasted from 476 to about 1100 C.E.

4. According to this textbook, the "early Middle Ages" were a "Dark Age" because civilization slipped back into semi-barbarism.

5.  The similarity between this textbook and the American Cyclopaedia entry is that both texts talk about barbarian supremacy. However, the main difference is that the American Cyclopaedia talks about an education revival.

Explanation:

To complete this exercise, you have to read the document that has the excerpt of the textbook called The Record of  Mankind written by Roehm, A., Buske, M., Webster, H. & Wesley, E.

The textbook explains that the chief cause of the semi-barbarism was the lack of a government which could keep order.

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2018 means 2018 ce or common era

there have been other eras too including bce, which included way more years.